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Religion: Islam What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,857,435,000

% of World Population

24.0 %

People Groups

3,756

Unreached Groups

3,219 (85.7 %)

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Photo People Group ▼ Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherent 		%
Evangelical 		Scripture
Status 		Est. Workers
Needed *
Aji Indonesia 17,000 Haji Islam ● 0.27 % 0.27 % Translation Needed 1
Aja, Ajagbe South Sudan 300 Gbaya Islam ● 6.00 % 2.00 % New Testament -
Ainu China 7,700 Ainu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Aimaq Afghanistan 1,595,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 32
Aimaq Iran 235,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 5
Aimaq Pakistan 6,300 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Aimaq Tajikistan 1,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Aimaq Turkmenistan 249,000 Aimaq Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 5
Ahmadi Bangladesh 2,100 Bengali Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Ahmadi India 73,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Ahmadi Pakistan 92,000 Punjabi, Western Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % New Testament 2
Aghul Russia 35,000 Aghul Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Ager (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 8,700 Sindhi Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Agariya (Muslim traditions) India 15,000 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Agariya (Muslim traditions) Pakistan 1,300 Urdu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Afshari Afghanistan 15,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.04 % 0.04 % Complete Bible 1
Afshari Iran 378,000 Azerbaijani, South Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 8
Afitti, Ditti Sudan 5,000 Afitti Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Translation Needed 1
Afghani, general Australia 26,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Afghani, general Austria 37,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Afghani, general Denmark 12,000 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Afghani, general New Zealand 3,600 Pashto, Southern Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Bible Portions 1
Afghan, Tajik Afghanistan 10,585,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 212
Afghan, Tajik Iran 400,000 Dari Islam ☀ 0.01 % 0.01 % Complete Bible 8
Afghan, Tajik Kazakhstan 800 Dari Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % Complete Bible 1
Totals: 3,756 Peoples   1,857,435,000     3,219 ●       33,422
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